bigstraight6 1661 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 I know I should have tried harder, but being up at 04.15am yesterday to be on the 05.27am Plymouth to Newcastle train I was literally on auto pilot after a week of 12 hour days steering a 26 ton 6 wheeler around West Cornwall on roads chocked with staycationers, I did witness a stunning sunrise over the bay as the train seemingly skimmed across the sea between Teignmouth and Dawlish, surely the most beautiful stretch of railway in the country. Soon after I nodded off and awoke to the magnificent Bristol Temple Meads station where I found myself reminiscing about early 80’s train spotting days out where a good selection of locomotives could be seen at the much missed Bath Road depot, I did see my first locomotives soon after departing here at Bristol Parkway in the shape of a brace of class 66’s. When the train finally arrived at Leeds I couldn’t believe how different the City and Station looked since the last time I visited, August 1984 to take 40 099 to Carlisle. And after a short journey to Keighley the car bit of the journey began. A car my Wife found on eBay and fell in love with, leading to me putting a deposit on a car I haven’t seen which is something I’ve never done. It turned out to be good, 40,000 miles with good history and I thoroughly enjoyed the long drive back home! Yoss, rainagain, Stevebrookman and 8 others 11 Link to post Share on other sites
stuboy 6582 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 looking good......... not tempted by the clio? bigstraight6 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bigstraight6 1661 Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 Ha! The Clio is the sister in laws motor that I sourced and maintain, it’s only done about 50,000 from new but is dreadfully slow and generally crap to drive. I think Renault gave up making half decent cars after the last generation 5. Link to post Share on other sites
500tops 1721 Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 Tell me more about the Picasso... bigstraight6 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bigstraight6 1661 Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 5 minutes ago, 500tops said: Tell me more about the Picasso... Neighbours motor who seems to like it. 500tops 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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